Scour below an overfall: Part I. Investigation

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 949-956

  Robinson, Kerry M ^a   Hanson, Gregory J ^b   Cook, Kevin R ^b  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gullies; Headcuts; Hydraulics; Modeling; Overfall; Scour; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENT DAMS; EROSION; MOISTURE; SOILS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; WATER;

EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTIONS;

SCOUR;

EROSION; HYDRAULICS; SCOUR; SOIL;

GULLY; INSTABILITY; SCOUR; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 0036665342     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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